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PaleoAeolos — Velociraptor
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Skull of Velociraptor mongoliensis from Mongolia. Exhibition of Mogolian Dinosaurs in Santiago, Chile (2007).Related content
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Man, I'd love to get my hands on a deinonych's skull bones and piece them together myself, if only to prove what shape it really was...-_- (btw, I do plan to become a paleontologist, so this may end up happening if I'm lucky ^^)
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Love! It's good to see the skull. So many people depict velociraptors with high dome shaped heads like deinonychuses. x/
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I know! Velos had very narrow, avian skulls. And according to Greg S. Paul, even the way deinonychus' skull is usually restored is incorrect (at least that's what he said in his book Predatory Dinosaurs of the World).
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Agreed! Most of the times the reconstructed deinonychus skulls, to me, are stull too narrow for what the real skull shape is : )
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Very nice photo. but it's not he holotype specimen.
If I remember correctly this skull belongs to the figthing dinosaurs specimen.
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You rigth....its not the type....I review the oiginal paper of Osborn and this are better preserved....but dont think belongs to figthing. Probably its from other expedition.
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THANK YOU!!!!!!! Oh my goodness, I've been trying to find a good skull reference for several months for a picture I'm working on, and I just happened to stumble upon this! I never even thought to use a velociraptor's skull for it, but it's perfect!
Ah, I love dinosaurs... excellent photograph of it, btw, and thanks again so much for posting it!
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Well...I hope see wath you do with this pic
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It's so amazing that their bones have been so well preserved for so many years. And the things their skeletons can tell us,...... *squirms* Science is so COOL!
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Yes....asian fossils are so perfect
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Yes....in particular if you think in the Jurassic Park look
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Not just Jurassic park. Just in general.
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